Demographics Overview 
 Self-Directed Audience 
 Audience Personas 
 Audience Profile By Segment:
Lending
Banking
Insurance
 
 

Audience

Audience Profile By Segment
Bankrate users research and purchase financial products online – period. Whether your products are lending, banking, or insurance focused, you will not find a more targeted and actively transacting audience than at Bankrate.com.
  • Lending Products
  • Banking Products
  • Insurance Products
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    Lending Products
    Mortgages Index
  • Shopped online for mortgage loans, past 6 months 418
  • Purchased/transacted mortgage loans online, past 6 months 180
  • Shopped online for real estate, past 6 months 244
  • Definitely will purchase new residence, next 12 months 152
  • Buying first home, next/last 12 months 165
    Home Equity
  • Shopped online for home equity loans, past 6 months 425
  • Shopped online for home improvement products, past 6 months 212
  • Shopped online for a personal loan, past 6 months 309
    Auto Loans
  • Shopped online for auto loans, past 6 months 300
  • Shopped online for a new automobile, past 30 days 261
  • Purchased/transacted a new automobile online, past 30 days 281
    Debt Management
  • Researched debt consolidation online, past 30 days 276
  • Shopped online for credit reports, past 6 months 279
  • Purchased/transacted credit reports online, past 6 months 261
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    Banking Products
    CDs, Money Markets & Investments Index
  • Owned a CD, 6 months or less, past 12 months 190
  • Owned a CD, more than 6 months, past 12 months 185
  • Shopped online for stocks, past 6 months 335
  • Purchased/transacted stocks online, past 6 months 327
  • Shopped money market funds online, past 6 months 514
  • Purchased/transacted money market funds online, past 6 months 366
  • Shopped mutual funds – bonds online, past 6 months 416
  • Purchased/transacted mutual funds – bonds online, past 6 months 292
  • Shopped mutual funds – stocks online, past 6 months 420
  • Purchased/transacted mutual funds – stocks online, past 6 months 289
  • Monitor investments/stocks online, yesterday 340
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    Insurance Products
  • Shopped auto insurance online, past 30 days 217
  • Purchased/transacted auto insurance online, past 30 days 163
  • Shopped home insurance online, past 6 months 281
  • Purchased/transacted home insurance online, past 6 months 181
  • Shopped life insurance online, past 6 months 362
  • Purchased/transacted life insurance online, past 6 months 212
     
    Source: Nielsen/Netratings @Plan, Fall 2009
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